Is This Woman Too Hot To Be a Banker?

The Village Voice ^ | June 1, 2010 | Elizabeth Dwoskin

[Malone LaVeigh]

Everything about Debrahlee Lorenzana is hot. Even her name sizzles. At five-foot-six and 125 pounds, with soft eyes and flawless bronze skin, she is J.Lo curves meets Jessica Simpson rack meets Audrey Hepburn elegance—a head-turning beauty. In many ways, the story of her life has been about getting attention from men—both the wanted and the unwanted kind. But when she got fired last summer from her job as a banker at a Citibank branch in Midtown—her bosses cited her work performance—she got even hotter. She sued Citigroup, claiming that she was fired solely because her bosses thought she was too hot.

[Cacique]

It’s time to raise men on saltpeter or something. We have a rising generation of girlymen who have neither been taught discipline nor morals nor the concept of absolute duty to one’s job.

[Cacique]

The ones without self discipline and an ascetic outlook in life. We have forgotten to promote asceticism as a mode of life and behaviour and discipline.

[marajade]

loved Dangerous Beauty. Great woman movie.

[RobinOfKingston]

It’s a good thing that I am a licensed chiropodist, masseusse, chiropractor, ...

I, myself, need to arrange an appointment with you. I am currently suffering from a recurring sacro-ilial joint slippage. (Slippage is my term ... probably not the right word.)

[brytlea]

Good point. Not all men are pigs. And the pigs in general are just very vocal, in my experience.

[brytlea]

Well yes, the smart ones. I suppose it clearly points out that lots of women are even dumber than men or they WOULD rule the world!

[brytlea]

On a kind of serious note, I have really often wondered. But, clearly women are not that smart. Most women. Some of us have figured it out and live a pretty good life. :)

[rlmorel]

LOL..you mean you HAVE the power but choose not to exercise it?

That sounds kind of...er...humane, to me...:)

[brytlea]

I gotta say, I like men. They are just transparent.... ;)

[airborne]

Is This Woman Too Hot To Be a Banker?

Sperm bank?

[Republic of Texas]

If you are going to pose like this, don’t be surprised if men treat you like a sex object. On the other hand, Not Freakin’ Guilty!

[rlmorel]

LOL...I don’t think the article really mattered...:)

Lancey Howard posting that picture of Homer Simpson is right on the money.

Oh well... (wipes drool off chin)

OTOH, if she shows up for work late on days the bank isn’t even open, I think she has the banking business down pat!

[Republic of Texas]

But Carl is the best!

[ArrogantBustard]

There are a bunch of real "hotties" in my office ... we (men) manage to work just fine.

Even work with them.

Even field work.

[reagan_fanatic]

I would bang that like a defective TV.

[brytlea]

Sure you do. ;)

[ArrogantBustard]

Not all men are pigs.

And not all women are sluts.

And those who are not pigs, and those who are not sluts, manage to get along just fine.

And the pigs and sluts wonder how ...

[rlmorel]

Well, I agee we are transparent, and I very much appreciate the difference...I have always thought that if men and women acted alike, things would be absolutely and completely boring!

This makes me laugh every single time I see it:

On a serious level, when I go to work, I completely check everything at the door. Once I put on my work hat, all is work, and naked beauties dancing in front of tubs of flaming booze wouldn't deter me from my work goals.

Okay, well maybe not if they were naked, and probably not if they were dancing in front of tubs of flaming gin, but...

I am a happily married guy...that reference was made to memorable comment by my wife when I was thinking about surprising her with a special week away at a resort. I wisely chose the er...'less expensive' options on the lodging (my wife does not appreciate extreme extravagance) and when my wife found out how much the other rooms would have cost for her to stay there, she said "If they are going to charge me that much for a room, it better come with bathtubs of flaming gin and naked dancing men..."

So, now, when we have to look at lodging, "bathtubs of flaming gin" is a code phrase for us...:)

[gogeo]

Well yes, the smart ones. I suppose it clearly points out that lots of women are even dumber than men or they WOULD rule the world!

Well, no. That seems like a lot of work.

I expect it's smarter to get someone to do it for you...

[brytlea]

That’s probably true. I have friends who have miserable lives and complain about men (and in fact, men friends who are the other side of the coin) and I think, well, if you used you’re head you could find a nice man and have a nice life, but instead you pick terrible men and repeat the process over and over and just keep complaining that your life is miserable.
Men are pretty easy to figure out. And the other kind of man is not worth having anyway.